In re the Marriage of Benjamin

STERNBERG, Judge.

The decedent (wife) had filed an action seeking dissolution of her marriage to ap-pellee Franzen. Temporary orders relating to custody, visitation, maintenance and child support had been entered when wife died. Her personal representative moved the trial court for an award of attorney fees. The court dismissed that claim and the personal representative appeals the denial of attorney fees. We affirm.

The personal representative concedes that, while there is a split of authority concerning the liability of a husband for a deceased wife’s attorney fees, in Colorado the case of…